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The Jaguara Dam is an
embankment dam An embankment dam is a large artificial dam. It is typically created by the placement and compaction of a complex semi-plastic mound of various compositions of soil or rock. It has a semi-pervious waterproof natural covering for its surface ...
on the Grande River about north of
Rifaina Rifaina () is a municipality in the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 3,640 (2020 est.) in an area of 163 km². The elevation is 575 m. History The municipality was created by state law in 1948. Media In tele ...
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Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...
. The dam is on the border of
Conquista The Spanish colonization of the Americas began in 1493 on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic) after the initial 1492 voyage of Genoese mariner Christopher Columbus under license from Queen Isabella I of C ...
municipality in the state of
Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 Brazilian census, 2022 census. Located in ...
to the north and Rifaina municipality in the state of
São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...
to the south. It was constructed between 1966 and 1971 for the purpose of
hydroelectric Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is Electricity generation, electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies 15% of the world's electricity, almost 4,210 TWh in 2023, which is more than all other Renewable energ ...
power generation. The power station at the dam has an installed capacity of and is owned by
CEMIG Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais S.A. (CEMIG; ) is a Brazilian power company headquartered in Belo Horizonte, capital of the state of Minas Gerais. The company is one of the main electricity concessionaires in Brazil. It operates in the areas ...
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Dams completed in 1971 Energy infrastructure completed in 1971 Dams in Minas Gerais Dams on the Rio Grande (Paraná River tributary) Hydroelectric power stations in Brazil Dams in São Paulo (state) {{dam-stub